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Glamours and Illusions
by Jay Whitham

In reading about the concept of Glamours and Illusions as expressed by Saraydarian (also Bailey, Blavatsky, et al), I find myself relating them to terminology and concepts that I work with personally and that are at the core of the work that Wendy and I are developing.

It all comes down to errors in belief that are held to be true, and from which a person directs the course of their life. Obviously, if one bases the conduct and course of one’s life, i.e. relationships, behaviors, career, motivations, etc. on a false belief, on something that is not True, then the results will reflect the degree of distorted reality that is involved. In simple terms, Glamours are the false beliefs we hold that originated with feelings. Illusions are the false beliefs or attachments to form that were created by the power of mind, but based on a distorted reality.

These false beliefs are at the root of our "story," the drama that we have constructed to explain, justify, and rationalize all the ways in which our life does not work, or has not worked. We often cast ourselves as victims of people, circumstances, institutions, luck, or some other force outside of ourselves. We play the blame game, always looking for someone (or something) upon which we can place the responsibility for the dysfunction, lack of fulfillment, pain, numbness, or other conditions of our life.

It is only when we begin to listen to the urging of the "still small voice," the inborn spark of Source that always calls us back to reunion with itself, that we begin to look at these false constructions and seek guidance in freeing ourselves from them. When we begin to take responsibility for everything that appears in our life, without exception (as painful as that can be sometimes), we have the opportunity to move beyond our "story" and into knowledge and experience of that part of us that is, and has always been, filled with Truth.

The challenge lies in the way we seek to make this change. Due to the nature of our third dimensional human experience, we tend to take one of two approaches. We either try to recognize the emotional content of our error and avoid it whenever it shows up, or we resolve to use the power and discipline of our mind to overcome this untruth by force of will and discipline. While both approaches are commendable in their courageous effort, both are destined not to succeed. The reason is because we are trying to heal ourselves by embracing a form of separation, and denying the error rather than embracing it, honoring it for what it has given us, and then simply choosing to replace it with Truth. When we resist our error, it may keep a low profile, disappear from view, but it will be back as soon as there is a moment of strain, challenge, or painful circumstance.

It is essential to integrate all of our Self, all of our experience, and make new choices. Otherwise, we are trying to separate ourselves from something. If it’s all God, if there is nothing in the Universe, seen or unseen, that is not of God, then that includes all of the Glamours and Illusions, the pain, the dysfunction, and all the things that we choose to see as negative. If we choose to give meaning to these experiences that we characterize as negative or unworthy, then we are saying, if effect, "well it’s all God, except this part, obviously." This denies us the blessing of seeing what we can gain by making a new choice, replacing the false with the True, and then looking at all the ways in which our life, our experience, our understanding of our ourselves and others, our compassion for those that struggle but do not see, has been deepened and expended by our experience.

As we come to see our life and our Universe from this place, we can then evaluate each new moment, each new offering, and make a choice to demonstrate our consciousness, and our embodiment of Truth, our Mastery and our Love.